The U.S. has reported more than 650,000 COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began and broke several COVID-19 case records this week as infections continue to surge.

Cranston, R.I.-based Eleanor Slater Hospital has regained its Joint Commission accreditation, but inspectors are expected back in six to eight months, Gov. Dan McKee said Sept. 7, according to The Providence Journal. 

Ashley Darcy-Mahoney, PhD, an associate professor of nursing at George Washington University's Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute in D.C., launched a podcast called "The Future of Nursing" Aug. 31. 

Below are 28 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

Idaho activated crisis standards of care Sept. 6 for hospitals in the state's northern region, which are facing severe shortages of staff and available beds amid the latest COVID-19 surge. 

  Weekly COVID-19 hospitalization rate among children in the U.S. rose rapidly from late June to mid-August, with the risk of hospitalization nearly 10 times higher among unvaccinated children, according to the CDC's Sept. 3 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Power outages caused by Hurricane Ida led many people in Louisiana to turn to potentially unsafe generators, and on Sept. 6, the state reported 141 emergency department visits for carbon monoxide poisoning in the past week.

The mu COVID-19 variant, deemed a variant of concern by the World Health Organization Aug. 30, has been detected in 167 people in Los Angeles, according to a Sept. 6 report from The Los Angeles Times. 

Despite CDC officials recommending unvaccinated Americans stay home, data from the Transportation Security Administration shows similar Labor Day travel numbers this year compared to two years ago.  

Global warming is the greatest threat to public health, and world leaders cannot wait for the COVID-19 pandemic to end before they address it, the editors of more than 230 medical journals said in a joint statement Sept. 5.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey reallocated $12.3 million of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to hire travel nurses to work in Alabama hospitals amid a national shortage, WHNT-TV reported.

On Sept. 3, the White House laid out a $65 billion plan to help fight the next public health threats after the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, CNBC reported.

A three-dose COVID-19 vaccine regimen could replace the current two-dose regimen required to be considered fully vaccinated with Pfizer's and Moderna's mRNA shots, according to the White House chief medical advisor. 

COVID-19 hospitalizations decreased slightly in the week ending Aug. 31, though reported cases and deaths are still increasing nationwide, according to the CDC's COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review published Sept. 3.

The shame and contempt that shadows some discourse surrounding COVID-19 deaths among unvaccinated Americans isn't helping anyone, writes Elizabeth Bruenig of The Atlantic.

If the U.S. had reduced its incarceration rate during the pandemic, millions of COVID-19 infections could have been prevented, according to study findings published Sept. 2 in JAMA Network Open.

UC San Diego Health reported a significant rise in staff members testing positive for COVID-19 earlier this summer, even with 87 percent of its workforce being fully vaccinated as of July, according to a research letter published Sept. 1 in The New England Journal of Medicine. 

About 83 percent of blood donors had infection-induced or vaccine-induced COVID-19 antibodies by May 2021, according to research published Sept. 2 in JAMA Network.

As the delta variant continues to spread, child COVID-19 cases are up, data from the American Academy of Pediatrics shows.

COVID-19 long-haulers — even those who experienced mild cases — appear to have a significantly higher risk for substantial declines in kidney function, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.